Breakfast News Briefing - 1 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplified newsroom. I'm Ashley Nolan. Today marks
the start of bush fire season and the Act mandatory
fire permits for any open air burning. Our enforce and
total firebands may be declared on days of elevated fire danger.
You may also start to see fire danger rating signs
out on the roads. There was a point five percent

(00:23):
increase in Canberra's home prices last month, pushing up the
median average to eight hundred and fifty six thousand. The
September growth means homes in Canberras or an annual price
growth of thirty one thousand dollars, but that's still sitting
one point three percent below the peak in April twenty
twenty two. Prop Track Senior economist Angus Moore on where

(00:44):
the Act sits over the next few months.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Consistent but not particularly fast price growth and the reason
for that is rates are coming down. That's starting to
improve affordability, boost boring capacities and push up prices, but
we're not going to see the sort of boom pace
that we were seeing in twenty twenty one.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
The number of Australians gambling at risky levels is at
its highest and six years According to new data from
the ANU, the latest National Gambling Survey shows almost one
and twenty Australian adults reported gambling at risky levels in
the past year. Associate Professor Aino Suami says it coincides
with a huge spike in online gambling.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
The online gambling participation is driving this because the regulation
of these new technologies maybe not keeping up to date.
We need some better system and better regulation from governments
to shift this.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Trend from today, the first Home Guarantee scheme will be expanded,
allowing first home buyers to purchase a property with just
a five percent deposit. Doctor Nicola Powell from Domain says
Cambra buyers can now cut down this saving time from
over four years to now just over one year. To
get that five percent deposit.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
The property price camp has been increased from seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars up to a million dollars. So
I think what we have seen is that price cap
is now much more in line with overall pricing across
the ACT.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
The NRL and NRLW Worlds will come together tonight to
celebrate the best in footy at the Dalms in Sydney.
We've got a bunch of Raiders players nominated for awards,
including Ethan Strange for Tackle of the Year and Kaya
Weeks for Try of the Year for his miracle in Mudgy.
In the women's Samaima Tafa is up for nerlw Lock

(02:29):
of the Year, while Elise Simpson is nominated for Rookie
of the Year. Ricky Stewart is also up for Coach
of the Year. More significant concerns have been raised about
the sunscreens we use on a daily basis, with another
ten pulled from sale. The Therapeutic Goods Administration revealing twenty
one products sharing the same base formulation have either been recalled, paused,

(02:54):
or are under review. It follows Ultraviolet's SPF fifty plus
lean screen product being pulled in August, with the TGA
also questioning the reliability of testing in the industry. Nicole
Kidman has filed for divorce less than twenty four hours
after news broke about her split with Keith urban Us.

(03:15):
Media reports papers have been filed against the country music
star following their break up, reportedly back in June. The
couple married in two thousand and six and shared two
teenage daughters, and that's the latest in News. We'll have
another update for you right here later today